The Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV is a new-generation concept car under the theme of “The EV: its dawn and future”. This is the brand new Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV, a new car which will be showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show 2009.
The Mitsubishi Concept PX-MiEV new hybrid-electric system can operate in several modes including pure electro vehicle, series hybrid, parallel hybrid, charging, regenerative, and power supply mode.
At the Tokyo Motor Show 2009, Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase the world premiere of its advanced next-generation engine line-up and automatic transmissions – The Mazda Kiyora concept – providing driving pleasure and environmental and safety features for all customers.
The Mazda Kiyora is a compact concept car that is both extremely eco-friendly and fun-to-drive due to the combination of Mazda’s next-generation direct injection Mazda SKY-G 1.3 engine and new compact and lightweight six-speed Mazda SKY-Drive automatic transmission.
At the Tokyo Motor Show 2009, Toyota Motor Co will show the FT-EV II Concept, a battery-powered microcar that is more radical than the first version of the concept model that was announced at Detroit Show 2009 in January.
The FT-EV II is a compact EV (electric vehicle) designed for short distance travel. What’s amazing about the FT-EV II is that it is “more compact than ultra-compact “iQ” (just 107 inches long), but still with seating for four passengers.
Tokyo Motor Show 2009 will be held for a period of 13 days from October 23 to November 4, 2009. It opens to public from Saturday, October 24. It’s announced that the show theme will be “Fun Driving for Us, Eco Driving for Earth.”
Subaru’s latest prototype model will be displayed to the public for the first time at the upcoming show. Billed as an environmentally-friendly grand touring car, the Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept is a four-passenger hybrid vehicle equipped with gullwing doors.
Nanotechnology is a branch of engineering that deals with design using very small particles and with the manipulation of individual molecules.
Scientists at Rice University have designed the world’s smallest car. The nanocar has a length of 3 nanometers and a width of 2 nanometers. A human hair, by comparison, is about 80,000 nanometers in diameter. The wheels are buckyballs, which consist of 60 atoms pure carbon formed like a sphere.
The world’s largest car-maker Toyota Motor Corporation is planning to bring its small car brand Daihatsu on markets of India, Brazil, Russia and China.
Toyota Motor Corporation and its daughter company Daihatsu (Daihatsu is 51.2% owned by TMC) are going to produce a new Daihatsu brand car.
The small car will be the absolutely new compact car, which will be marketed by both companies. It will be launched in the end of 2010 or beginning of 2011 being built under the codename Entry Family Car (EFC).
The Robot Harvester is designed by industrial designer Olga Kalugina. It is a self driven robot created to scan street territories and shopping centers for trash and accumulate them to the right place for disposal and recycling.
Honda Motor Co develops a new personal mobility devise – first drive system that enables movement in all directions. It was designed to take up the same amount of space as a human being to be safe and unobtrusive enough to mingle with pedestrians.
Key specifications of U3-X experimental model:
- Length – 315 mm
- Width – 160 mm
- Height – 650 mm
- Battery Type – lithium ion battery
- Operation time (fully charged battery) – 1 hour
- Weight – 22 pounds and is small enough to be carried as hand luggage
Honda’s new U3-X experimental vehicle device looks like a unicycle. It has the regular large wheel of a unicycle, which is made up of many tiny motor-controlled wheels, packed inside the bigger wheel. The device can move in any direction, including not only forward and backward, but also directly to the left and right and diagonally, just as in human walking. To move, you lean your body weight the direction you want to go.
General Motors Company announced today that the automaker and its joint ventures sold 181,148 vehicles in China in September. For the first nine months as a whole, General Motors’s sales in China totaled 1,292,549 units, which represented an increase of 55.6% from the first nine months of the last year. This is a new record for the period.
Domestic sales of GM’s manufacturing joint ventures have been strong throughout the year. Its flagship joint venture, Shanghai General Motors, sold 71,566 vehicles in September, which was an all-time monthly sales record. For the year, Shanghai GM has sold 480,202 vehicles, an increase of 40.4% from the first nine months last year.
“Sales continue to surpass forecasts as nearly all market segments experience growth,” according to General Motors China Group President and Managing Director Kevin Wale. “Great products always drive great sales results,” said Wale. “At GM, we are delighted with the success of our new range of world-class models. In the compact sector, the new Chevrolet Cruze has sold more than 48,000 units in just six months. The Buick New Regal has sold 63,954 units since its launch last December. The new Buick LaCROSSE set a new standard for the upper-medium sector, with sales of more than 19,400 units in its first three months on the market”.